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LEE SCHOOL BOARD: Objections raised over new superintendent pay
The Sanford Herald, N.C.School board members Cameron Sharpe and Wendy Carlyle don't appear to have any problem with Andy Bryan -- who's been chosen to lead Lee County Schools as of July. They do, however, take issue with the contract he will receive as the county's next...Tags: Politics, Apple iPad, Elections
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Liggett mines close with a loss 75 jobs reported
Middlesboro Daily News, Ky.Staff Report Southern Coal Group-Justice Corporation's Liggett area operations were idled at two Harlan County mines on Wednesday, with miners learning they no longer had jobs when reporting for work. Calls for comment to the company's headquarters in...Tags: Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Employment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Coal
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Memorial honors Williams
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.BIG STONE GAP, Va. -- Federal court Judge Glen Williams was remembered Monday as a great teller of tales, a kind and honest man and a champion for Southwest Virginians. Williams served in the federal court system for 47 years. He retired from his post...Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Colleges and Universities, Human Interest
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Study: Gap seen for manufacturing workers in Southside
Danville Register & Bee, Va.Demand for additional manufacturing workers across Virginia's former Tobacco Region will reach nearly 7,000 by 2017, according to a study paid for by the Virginia Tobacco Commission. However, there will be a supply gap of 1,045 medium-skilled,...Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Petroleum Industry, Pittsylvania County
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Banquet will give small business its day
The Sanford Herald, N.C.Although the Lee County Small Business Expo originally scheduled for May 15 is no longer happening, at least not this spring, the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce's other major May event is moving forward as planned. The Small Business Banquet,...Tags: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Small Businesses, NASCAR, Parkinson's Disease, Montgomery County (Virginia)
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Iowa unaware of company's fraud suit
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - State and local officials promised an Egyptian company $200 million in tax breaks to build a fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa without knowledge of a pending lawsuit alleging one of the company's subsidiaries defrauded U.S....Tags: Joe Bolkcom, Joint Ventures, Litigation, Plant Openings, Politics
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Do you recognize these faces?
Anchor/ReporterBones found by farmers and fishermen in our area are not resting in peace, but in limbo. Could computer scans, clay models and DNA help give them an identity? The state hopes you can help give an answer. The state medical examiner's office worked with...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Carroll County (Virginia), Lee County (Florida), Chemical Industry, FBI
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Pilot spotted thief stealing his property from the air, deputies say
FloriDUHDavid Zehntner, a pilot, had been returning home from North Carolina in his personal airplane when he decided to fly over his Labelle home. From his eye in the sky Zehntner saw something strange -- a silver truck with a white camper in his driveway. So...Tags: Theft, Charlotte County
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One dead in Lee County train derailment
Virginia State Police are investigating a death that resulted from a train derailment. It happened at 11:45 p.m. Sunday night in Lee County, which is in far southwest Virginia. Troopers say a train derailed and overturned on a minivan parked next to...
Tags: Railway Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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Clear Spring native named Wildlife Conservationist of the Year by Florida federation
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comGrowing up in Clear Spring, biologist Kim Dryden's childhood seems almost like a Disney nature movie. Her father and grandfather both worked for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, which gave her an unusual exposure to wildlife. "I remember...Tags: Environmental Issues, Everglades, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chincoteague (Accomack, Virginia), Ecosystems
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Snakes confiscated from pastor of Tennessee snake handling church
An eastern Kentucky pastor wants Tennessee wildlife officials to return five venomous snakes confiscated in Knoxville. Gregory Coots, who's known as Jamie Coots, is pastor of at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name Church in Middlesboro. Coots...
Tags: Belief and Faith, Judges, Buchanan County, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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UPDATED: State trooper who was hit by car in Amherst County released from hospital
A Virginia State trooper who was hit by a car last week on Route 29 in Amherst County has been released from the hospital. Trooper D.T. Wilson is now recovering at his Campbell County home. Wilson was hit by a car while helpling another man pick up...
Tags: Campbell County, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Virginia Department of Transportation, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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